Species
Valid Extinct

Hastanectes valdensis

(Lydekker 1889)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Leptocleidia Unranked clade
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Leptocleididae Family
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Hastanectes Genus
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Hastanectes valdensis Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Wadhurst Clay
5
Bückeberg
1
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
5
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
H. F. Ketchum. 2011. Marine reptiles. Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:285-294
E. Koken. 1905. Neue Plesiosaurierreste aus dem norddeutschen Wealden. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 6:681-693
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗